CWC is better placed to decide on Mekedatu and Vennar projects, says CWMA chairman

CWC is better placed to decide on Mekedatu and Vennar projects, says CWMA chairman

Tamil Nadu opposes the Mekedatu project. Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) chairman S.K. Haldar on Tuesday defended the Authority’s decision to refer back the Vennar sub-basin improvement project along with the Mekedatu balancing reservoir project to the Central Water Commission (CWC) for further action. Mr. Haldar told The Hindu over phone that the move was … Read more

Sub-Collector inquires into alleged sexual harassment, leak of profiles of minor girls in CWC

Sub-Collector inquires into alleged sexual harassment, leak of profiles of minor girls in CWC

NTR District Sub-Collector Aditi Singh conducted an inquiry into the alleged sexual harassment at a child care institution under Krishna district Child Welfare Committee (CWC) by its member. Ms. Singh also probed into the alleged leak of profiles of the rescued minor girls from a girls’ shelter home. A book in which the data of … Read more

CWC calls for ceasefire to Israel-Hamas conflict

CWC calls for ceasefire to Israel-Hamas conflict

Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and other leaders during Congress Working Committee(CWC) meeting at AICC Headquarters on October 09, 2023, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Calling for an immediate ceasefire to the Israel-Hamas conflict, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Monday reiterated its long-standing support for “the rights … Read more

Palamuru-Rangareddy LIS hits CWC Directorate roadblock on water issue

Palamuru-Rangareddy LIS hits CWC Directorate roadblock on water issue

Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) has hit a major roadblock with the Project Appraisal Organisation of the Central Water Commission (CWC) refusing to appraise the project on the grounds of lack of water availability. The Directorate (PAO) in the CWC has returned the detailed project report of PRLIS to the Chief Engineer of the project … Read more

Steering Committee to decide on CWC election next week, say Congress sources

Steering Committee to decide on CWC election next week, say Congress sources

The outgoing Congress Steering Committee will meet on February 24 in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur to decide whether or not there should be elections to the Congress Working Committee (CWC), party sources said on Tuesday. According to the Congress Constitution, “The Working Committee shall consist of the President of the Congress, the Leader of the Congress … Read more

Kharge makes strong pitch for fixing accountability in Congress organisation at key meet

Kharge makes strong pitch for fixing accountability in Congress organisation at key meet

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge addresses a press conference in Ahmedabad, Monday, November 28, 2022. | Photo Credit: PTI Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday strongly pitched for organisational accountability from top to bottom, and said those unable to fulfil their responsibilities will have to make way for their colleagues. In his opening remarks at the … Read more

Congress president election to be held on October 17, counting of votes on October 19

Congress president election to be held on October 17, counting of votes on October 19

The elections for the post of Congress party president will be held on October 17, according to ANI. The counting of votes will be held on October 19. The decision was taken by the Congress Working Committee which met under the leadership of President Sonia Gandhi. The filing of nominations for Congress president’s election will … Read more

Term limits, new departments: Key decisions by Congress during 3-day Chintan Shivir

Term limits, new departments: Key decisions by Congress during 3-day Chintan Shivir

(This story originally appeared in on May 15, 2022) NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday adopted the ‘Udaipur Nav Sankalp Declaration’, a roadmap for wide-ranging reforms in the party organisation to make it battle-ready for the next round of assembly and Lok Sabha polls. Sunday was the last day of the three-day Chintan Shivir being … Read more

Congress Chintan Shivir: Exception clauses kick in to shield ‘Congress family trees’

Congress Chintan Shivir: Exception clauses kick in to shield ‘Congress family trees’

While the three-day Congress Chintan Shivir started in Udaipur on Friday with the AICC promising major rules for organisational restructure, limiting the hereditary right on the party ticket, promotions of youth at all levels of leadership and cooling off periods for office-bearers after a 5-year stint, simultaneously the leadership and delegates also started pushing for … Read more

Prashant Kishor presents roadmap for 2024 polls to Congress

Prashant Kishor presents roadmap for 2024 polls to Congress

Political strategist Prashant Kishor on Saturday presented a detailed roadmap for the 2024 elections before Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and party’s top leaders. After the presentation, Sonia Gandhi set up a committee to look into the suggestions. “Prashant Kishor has given a detailed presentation for the 2024 election and Congress president has deputed a … Read more